2,3,14,33,58, 88,118 find the wrong number
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3 & 33................
What is next in the series 3, 4, 8, 17, 33?
There is a pattern here. The pattern is that the numbers are increasing by the squares of numbers. The equation for the next item in the series is x+n², where x is the value of the current item in the list and n is the position of the item in the series. If this is confusing, check out the series below:
x+n²
3+1²=3+1=4
3 is the item in the list, and because this is the first item in the series, we add 1² to 3 to get 4.
4+2²=4+4=8
4 is the item in the list, and because this is the second item in the series, we add 2² to 4 to get 8.
8+3²=8+9=17
17+4²=17+16=33
Based off of this pattern, because we know that the value of the item in the series is 33 and that this is the fifth item in the series, we have the equation below:
33+5²=33+25=58
58 is the next item in this series. We have no reason to suspect that this pattern will ever change for this given series, so you could apply this same rule and get the sixth, seventh, or one hundredth item in the series, if you wanted to take the time